Classic Poem

Great noble Peere, and honour'd Earle of worth,
Entred upon the stage from honour'd birth,
O 'tis no wonder if your vertues send
Raies gorgeously , your noblenes attend;
Great vertues do you wait upon as Queen,
In whom is nought but gorgeously is seen,
Vertue displayeth forth the truest ray,
Shining far brighter then the brightest day.

Lustrous must needs the beams of vertues than,
In you so gorgeous , make a gorgeous man,
Nothing displaying but the raies of light,
Declaring noble Sir, that you are bright,
Sending forth so the raies of grace, that I
E'ne must confesse, you send most gorgeously ,
You rightly fitted are to be on high.